A 40-something Western Canadian who still thinks he's 24. Dreamer, thinker, photographer, traveler, entrepreneur, software developer. Adores women immensely but is still working hard at trying to understand them! :-)

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no strings.. (North Shore)

Date: 2010-06-26, 4:56AM PDT

I am in my forties and looking for someone to share parenthood with. I want to meet someone who wants a child. There are no strings. I just want a child and I'm looking for someone who is interested in having a child too.

Please let me know if you are interested. Thank you.

Of late I've been thinking a lot about what Thomas Sowell calls "First Stage Thinking". Another way of looking at what he's referring to is "The Law of Unintended Consequences". Generally liberals are the most guilty of this. They react emotionally to whatever problem they see at hand but don't think through the longer term implications of their actions.

Putting these things together, and thinking about women like the one who posted this ad, I've begun wondering if First Stage Thinking is what's at work with many women like her? Throughout her 20's & 30's I wonder if her only two priorities were:

Working on her career

Partying

Now she's reached the not so magic 4-0, probably has let herself go a little, and surprise-surprise there are no willing suitors waiting to impregnate her.

What I've just said isn't very politically correct but I wonder if there's more than a little truth to it?!

So I asked her a simple question: "If you're against offshore drilling then where do you approve of getting your oil from?"

It took her awhile but she finally responded. Just one word: "Nowhere!"

Here's how I responded to her:

Hypocrisy appalls me. You need to walk your talk before you can give such an answer. That means: 1. No more driving ... ever 2. No more flying ... ever 3. Paying MUCH higher prices of ALL your products 4. Getting rid of ALL your plastics including all your computer equipment

Thursday, June 24, 2010

Mark Steyn's latest column in Maclean's hits strong chords with me. In it, he eviscerates the notion that anyone in the Liberal MSM anywhere is remotely objective. Here's a sampling:

Whereas Don Newman’s network has never asked me to guest-host anything. When it comes to the CBC, my phone hasn’t stopped not ringing. So take it as read that I’m eaten up by bitterness. For one thing, it’s severely reduced my chances of being governor general.

Why can’t the CBC, or CNN or the New York Times, just say, “Hey, you know, you’re right, we have a particular world view and our content reflects that”? Because the garb of “objectivity” is vital to the institutional left’s sense of itself. Because, if you accept the idea that your world view is merely that—a view—it implicitly acknowledges there are other views, against which yours should be tested. Far easier to pronounce your side of the table the objective truth, and any opposing line mere “bombast” and “propaganda.”

In my experience, the lack of self-awareness by folks on the Left is stunning. I'll never forget getting in a lengthy argument on this blog with a Leftie a few years back. It eventually came down to me asking him to admit that everyone, including him, has biases. His response to this was unbelievable. Paraphrasing, he said: "Some of us have the ability to transcend the debate, rise above it, and provide a completely objective viewpoint." What a wanker! But I shouldn't have been surprised as this same fellow said, with great conviction, that "Barack Obama is one of the ten smartest people in the world today."

Incidentally, dare to disagree with people like this and you are immediately labeled a right-wing neo-con racist hater.

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Ever wonder why so many people around the world hate the Jews? Here's a prime example of hate propaganda penned by one Moyeenul Alam who refers to himself as an established "journalist" in Bangladesh. If you were a completely unbiased reader (pretend you just arrived from Mars), what would you think of Israel and the Jewish citizens there after reading this:

It's difficult for me to watch this ranting fellow, without trying to get into his head and figure out what on earth motivates him. Keep in mind that here is a person who [supposedly] has seen the same videos as I have of provocateurs striking & stabbing Israeli soldiers yet it's impossible for his brain to process such information. The older I get, the more convinced I am that Radical Leftist philosophy is a religion of sorts, all onto itself. Whatever religion you're born into, all such beliefs are completely pushed aside if you join the Cult of the Left.

Wednesday, June 09, 2010

Libby Davies is a key member of the federal NDP. The Liberals are considering merging with these cretins? God Help Canada if that ever happens and by some fluke they were able to achieve power. Before that I hope He helps Jewish Canadians because they're going to be in TROUBLE.

Friday, June 04, 2010

Tuesday, June 01, 2010

The following quote was translated into English of an article appearing in the Czech Republic as published in the Prager Zeitung of 28 April 2010:

The danger to America is not Barack Obama but a citizenry capable of entrusting a man like him with the Presidency. It will be far easier to limit and undo the follies of an Obama presidency than to restore the necessary common sense and good judgment to a depraved electorate willing to have such a man for their president.

The problem is much deeper and far more serious than Mr. Obama, who is a mere symptom of what ails America . Blaming the prince of the fools should not blind anyone to the vast confederacy of fools that made him their prince.

The Republic can survive a Barack Obama, who is, after all, merely a fool. It is less likely to survive a multitude of fools such as those who made him their president.

A friend of mine then sent me these follow-up comments:

This is absolutely correct. Obama is a symptom, not the cause. The cause is that too large a fraction of the populace believes:

a) the government is here to guarantee equal results, not just opportunity
b) America is generally a force for bad around the world
c) The rich do not pay their fair share
d) Muslims are our friends and if we only showed them some love, radicals would go away

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"Pelalusa" is a glorious Spanish-sounding word that means ... well ... absolutely nothing! The word doesn't actually exist. But it sure sounds like it means something!!
While living in Mexico City in 1996/97 I would often ask my friends the meaning of this word and that. One day I asked what "pelalusa" meant, for it just 'sounded' like a word that would mean something en Español. But alas, it does not.

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I've launched a new website called Pelalusa.com. Eventually it'll become a fully fledged social networking site but for now it's just a fun travel site, showcasing my journeys and photography. I hope you enjoy it and I always welcome suggestions to improve it.

This new site will be advertising sponsored. What's different about it though is that 50% of the profits (eventually increasing towards 100%) will be donated to philanthropic efforts such as BC Digital Divide. It'll be a global effort, with a particular focus on technology and education.

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When I was around 12 years old I wrote the following: "Too many get caught up in the noise of everyday life to hear the symphony of what life is really all about."

"The bigger the government grows, the smaller the individual becomes." -- Dennis Prager

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"Life is a gift, not an obligation. So make the very best of every single day you're given!" - Donovan Campbell

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"You and I are told we must choose between a left or right, but I suggest there is no such thing as a left or right. There is only an up or down. Up to man's age-old dream-the maximum of individual freedom consistent with order or down to the ant heap of totalitarianism. Regardless of their sincerity, their humanitarian motives, those who would sacrifice freedom for security have embarked on this downward path. Plutarch warned, "The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits." -- Ronald Reagan

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